To the Evaluation of Inhibitor Protection of Agricultural Machinery and Equipment

Abstract

Possible criteria for the effectiveness of inhibitor protection of agricultural machinery and equipment: integral and differential; quantitative, semi-quantitative, qualitative; a generalized quantitative assessment based on the weightiness of each type of destruction; mass, deep, volumetric; technical and economic; environmental and toxicological, etc. were considered. It was noted that each of the criteria taken separately is not always unambiguous in specific conditions, which can lead to a subjective assessment of the appropriateness of using certain corrosion inhibitors (CI). Electrochemical methods for assessing the effectiveness of inhibitor protection are highlighted as promising, which is associated with the desire of researchers to reduce the time of corrosion testing. As an example, a study of the metal-protective coating-electrolyte system by the method of polarization resistance with an assessment of the contribution of each component is considered. Compositions based on trans-former TKp, industrial I-20A, motor M10G2k, fresh and used (MMO), and combined IR CortecVpCI-368 and Cortec VpCI-369 were studied. Coatings on steel were preliminarily formed during the day. Comparison of the results on the protective effectiveness of compositions in I-20A with those also obtained by the method of polarization curves and gravimetric methods in a 0.5 M NaCl solution and in a thermal moisture chamber G-4 showed qualitatively similar results, which indicates the reliability of the results obtained by the method of polarization resistance. The maximum protective efficiency is observed for compositions based on MMO with an IC concentration of 3 -10 wt. % in MMO.